isso

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *i¢xo.

isso

1. to hit

isso (transcription issó', inalienable)

1. (archaic) son

possessive (inalienable)	singular	paucal	plural
first-person ("my, our")	sasso	pisso	hapisso
second-person ("thy, your")	chisso	hachisso
third-person ("his, her, its, their")	isso

• oshi

Inherited from Proto-Muskogean *i¢xo.

isso (active transitive)

1. to hit, to strike, to beat, to bump

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪso/

isso

1. (informal) Pronunciation spelling of ist so (“that's the way it is”).

   Tja... isso! ― Well... that's the way it is!

From Latin ipsum.^[1]

isso

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of esso

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

isso

1. first-person singular present indicative of issare

• ossi-

• iss, is

Inherited from Latin ipsum (“himself, that very one”). Compare Italian esso.

• IPA^(key): /ˈissə/
• Homophone: ìsse

ìsso

1. he

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1605: “lui non corre mai” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

isso

1. nominative singular of issa (“bear”)

From Old Galician-Portuguese esso, from Latin ipsum, neuter of ipse (“itself”).

• Homophone: iço
• Hyphenation: is‧so

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isso n (indefinite demonstrative pronoun)

2. (demonstrative) that (the thing near you; the thing mentioned that concerns you)

   Coma isso logo para podermos sair.

   Eat that quickly so we can leave.

   • 2001, Stella Caymmi, Dorival Caymmi: o mar e o tempo, Editora 34, →ISBN, page 301:

     “a crítica de rádio era de baixar a ripa, não endeusava ninguém, não ganhava para isso”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 163:

     Conserte isso, sua imprestável, conserte isso!

     Fix that, you worthless, fix that!

   • 2006, Cássia Marina Moreira, Águas que transformam, Editora Agora, →ISBN, page 32:

     Quando embarquei para Abrolhos, não fazia a mínima idéia de como iria se desenrolar o processo, só sabia que coletaria a água com a energia deixada pelas baleias; mas quando e como faria isso era uma incógnita.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. (demonstrative, informal, Brazil) this (the thing near me; the thing mentioned that concerns me)

   Isso é muito difícil.

   This is very difficult.

• Mainly used to represent things yet to be introduced or explained (in contrast with esse or essa). Also used with objects rather than people.

• (that): aquisso
• (this): aquisto, isto

isso

2. correct, that's it, that's right

   “Como era o nome daquele escritor?” “Saramago” “Isso!”

   “What was the name of that writer?” “Saramago” “That’s right.”

4. yeah! (expresses joy or celebration)

   Meu time ganhou? Isso!

   My team won? Yeah!

• (that’s right): isso mesmo, correto, sim, exato
• (yeah!): oba, eba, beleza